ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the XRP Ledger spontaneously recovered this morning after a disruption in block production for about an hour, marking a rare interruption for the network. Network activity froze at Ledger height 93927173, prompting validators to immediately investigate. The XRP Ledger subsequently resumed normal operations, with no reported asset or transaction losses.XRPL Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz stated on the X platform: "It seems that the consensus mechanism was still running, but the validation results were not published, leading to a network split. As far as I know, very few UNL (Unique Node List) operators made any changes, so the network may have spontaneously recovered." The UNL mentioned by Schwartz is a core component of the XRPL consensus mechanism, serving as a directory of trusted validators to ensure the integrity of the network and the finality of transactions.

ChainCatcher message, on-chain detective ZachXBT mentioned in a comment on the tweet from the on-chain security tracking platform MistTrack, "I have never seen publicly reported figures anywhere before, but I estimate that social engineering/phishing scams impersonating Coinbase customer support have led to user losses of around $100 million to $150 million over the past year."

ChainCatcher message, BNB Chain announced that BNB Beacon Chain validators will stop validating before mid-November to complete the shutdown. At that time, the BNB Beacon Chain will cease operations and stop processing any new transactions. BNB Chain urges users and centralized exchanges to take concrete actions to prevent complete asset loss.

ChainCatcher news, according to Beosin Alert monitoring, the DeFi protocol Penpie built on Pendle has been hacked, resulting in the theft of approximately $27 million in crypto assets. Beosin provides the following brief analysis of the incident:The attacker exploited the claimRewards function in the market contract to re-enter the staking contract, increasing the staking contract balance, and then withdrew excess tokens and staked assets from the taking contract for profit.The attacker first created an attack contract and constructed the corresponding market contract through the official factory.Called the batchHarvestMarketRewards function of the staking contract to update rewards for the market.During the reward update, the attack contract's claimRewards function is called back, allowing for re-entry to stake the assets obtained from the flash loan, creating a discrepancy in the asset quantity of the staking contract, and withdrawing the excess.The attacker withdrew the staked assets and repaid the flash loan for profit.

ChainCatcher message, the smart contract wallet Argent tweeted that due to the upgrade of StarkNet, some old StarkNet Argent accounts also need to be upgraded, and this upgrade is scheduled for August 21, 2023. More than 95% of Argent X accounts are unaffected, and mobile users are also not impacted by the upgrade. Only when users see the "update required" message upon opening Argent X do they need to upgrade as soon as possible, otherwise they will lose their assets.

ChainCatcher news, the Solana ecosystem DEX Raydium has launched a compensation portal, allowing individual LPs who suffered losses in the hacking incident last December to file claims. The page will be open for 2 months until March 6. This is the first phase of Raydium's compensation plan, which does not include compensation for third-party protocols and strategy vaults. Information about the second phase of the compensation plan will be announced in the coming days.Previously reported, the vulnerability compensation proposal for the Solana ecosystem decentralized trading platform Raydium was passed with 100% support, aimed at compensating investors affected by the hacking attack on December 15. (source link)